Icelandair today released a short video of a passenger getting the thrill of her life as she was treated to a surprise, 48-hour stopover in Iceland. The two-minute video shows her arriving at Keflavik Airport for what she thinks is a short connection on the way to her final destination. Instead, she is greeted with …
The first Vallarta-Nayarit Classic Rock Festival is set to take place from December 11-14, 2014 in Nuevo Vallarta. It’s billed as the “Only Classic Rock Festival In The World” and will feature an entire week of some of the best music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. The project is the first big event put …
With an eye towards the upcoming high season, the first two weeks of September saw an increase in the promotional activities undertaken by the Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta convention and visitors bureaus in order to attract more tourism. Starting with our neighbors to the far north, eight Canadian travel agents and one video producer …
It used to be that the annual convention of the Brazilian Association of Travel Agents, or ABAV, devoted mornings to plenary sessions and workshops and afternoons to milling and contact-making in the exhibition hall. This year the educational program, in what is being called the Vila do Saber or, in English, Knowledge Village, is running …
Orascom Development Holdings AG, a developer of fully-integrated resort towns, has signed an agreement affiliating Luštica Bay, a resort in Montenegro, with The Registry Collection. This agreement creates a new destination option for members of The Registry Collection, which is already the world’s largest luxury exchange program. Located along the Adriatic Coast, Luštica Bay provides …
The brand new World Food Travel Summit website is live and registration for the Summit is officially open. The World Food Tourism Summit website has been re-designed to bring delegates more of what they want. In 2013 they piloted their in-person business-to-business matchmaking concept, called SavorSearch, to great success and so have expanded SavorSearch opportunities …
The newly launched, exclusively business-class boutique airline La Compagnie announced special fares for its first fall season, with regularly scheduled service between Paris and New York. Starting today, La Compagnie will fly five times a week between Paris and New York, providing passengers easy access between two of the most popular cities at convenient times. La …
FITUR 2015, the International Tourism Trade Fair, an event organized by IFEMA to be staged from January 28 to February 1, 2015 at FERIA DE MADRID, will present FITURGREEN, a section designed to focus on innovation and sustainability within the tourist industry with a view to boosting the competitiveness of both companies and destinations, effectively …
September 23, 2014 was a busy day for the Mediterranean port of Valletta as it hosted a total of five cruise liners. Early in the afternoon four chartered AIDA cruise liners: AIDAaura, AIDAblu, AIDAdiva and AIDAvita berthed along Pinto Quays, bringing with them a total of 7,000 guests for an event marking the 40th anniversary …
Airberlin has appointed Roberto Cuesta Jr. as Vice President, Sales and Marketing The Americas effective September 1, 2014. In his new role, he will be reporting to Norbert Draskovits, Senior Vice President Sales Scheduled Services airberlin. “Roberto has proven sales and management skills that will promote our continued growth in the Americas region which is …